Auschwitz concentration camp was largest camp around. It had three camps in it. One of the camps served as a killing center.
The first camp was built in the suburb of Oswiecim. The process of building it began in May 1940. The camp was expanded over time by forced labor. It also had a gas chamber and crematorium. The second Auschwitz camp also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened October 8, 1941. Out of the three Auschwitz camps this one had the largest prisoner population. That camp included four large crematoria buildings. Each had three parts: a disrobing area, a large gas chamber, and crematorium ovens. They stopped gassing people November, 1944. The third camp was called Buna or Monowitz, it was also part of Auschwitz. The guards were planning on using the prisoners to make synthetic rubber.
The exact number of victims of Auschwitz is impossible to know, but research says that the total number of victims was 1.1 million of 90% were Jews. If a prisoner tried to escape the camp they were shot until they died. Those who did not die in the gas chambers died of starvation, forced labor, infectous disease, individual executions, and medical experiments.
Poland sentenced Rudolf Höss to death on April 2, 1947 and he was hung on April 16. Rudlof was the first commandement of the first Auschwitz camp.
The Auscwitz trial began on November 24, 1947, in Krakow, when Polish Authorites tried 41 former staff of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The trials ended on December 22, 1947. 11 to 17 million people died during the whole holocaust. As you can see the Holocaust was one of the worst tradgedies in the world.
Works Cited:
"Holocaust History." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 11 May 2011. Web. 10 Sept. 2012. <http://www.ushmm.com/>.
The first camp was built in the suburb of Oswiecim. The process of building it began in May 1940. The camp was expanded over time by forced labor. It also had a gas chamber and crematorium. The second Auschwitz camp also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened October 8, 1941. Out of the three Auschwitz camps this one had the largest prisoner population. That camp included four large crematoria buildings. Each had three parts: a disrobing area, a large gas chamber, and crematorium ovens. They stopped gassing people November, 1944. The third camp was called Buna or Monowitz, it was also part of Auschwitz. The guards were planning on using the prisoners to make synthetic rubber.
The exact number of victims of Auschwitz is impossible to know, but research says that the total number of victims was 1.1 million of 90% were Jews. If a prisoner tried to escape the camp they were shot until they died. Those who did not die in the gas chambers died of starvation, forced labor, infectous disease, individual executions, and medical experiments.
Poland sentenced Rudolf Höss to death on April 2, 1947 and he was hung on April 16. Rudlof was the first commandement of the first Auschwitz camp.
The Auscwitz trial began on November 24, 1947, in Krakow, when Polish Authorites tried 41 former staff of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The trials ended on December 22, 1947. 11 to 17 million people died during the whole holocaust. As you can see the Holocaust was one of the worst tradgedies in the world.
Auschwitz children in the camp footage!
Works Cited:
"Holocaust History." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 11 May 2011. Web. 10 Sept. 2012. <http://www.ushmm.com/>.